UBC Sociology welcomes Dr. Aryan Karimi as Assistant Professor
Aryan Karimi is a new Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia working in the areas of immigration, refugee flows and daily lived experiences of racialized diasporic communities.
Prof. Ghaziani discusses gay bars and attitudes toward homosexuality via Bricks Magazine
Prof. Ghaziani remarks on trends in Britain, Canada, and the United States. “The issue matters, it’s international in its reach, and it’s one that we must understand better and address.”
UBC Sociology thanks Guy Stecklov for his service as Department Head
UBC Sociology thanks Guy Stecklov for his service as Department Head for the past five years. His leadership saw the department welcome many new faculty members, grow more diverse and inclusive, and rise on the international stage.
Prof. Ghaziani speaks with CBC news about the importance of physical spaces for LGBTQ people
Prof. Ghaziani says that despite the connectivity the LGBTQ community may find online, physical spaces are important. Brick-and-mortar institutions like queer bars and rainbow crosswalks make significant differences outside big urban centres.
Prof. Ghaziani speaks with the Riverfront Times about the gayborhood in St. Louis
Prof. Ghaziani says that we need to update how we think about gay districts. “It doesn’t make sense anymore to think about ‘the gayborhood’ as a singular thing,” he says. “I think instead we’re moving toward a model of ‘gayborhoods, plural.'”
Prof. Ghaziani speaks with the Chicago Reader about LGBTQ+ acceptance, Pride, and the importance of gay bars
Prof. Ghaziani says that queer spaces like gay bars are inseparable from the LGBTQ+ community’s history, and that “attitudes about homosexuality have liberated at unprecedented rates,” according to his research.
Prof. Jennifer Berdahl’s study posits that work are still sites of “masculinity contests” despite strides in gender equality and family forward policies
Berdahl found that people are pushed to work longer for less, “A lot of companies might have great work-life balance policies, but people aren’t using them because of the stigma associated with doing so,” says Berdahl in Fatherly.
MA students Caitlin Chong, Matja-Leena Corbett, and Kailey Peckford awarded SSHRC funding
UBC Sociology congratulates MA students Caitlin Chong, Matja-Leena Corbett, and Kailey Peckford who received SSHRC funding for their research projects.
UBC Sociology wishes Professor Neil Guppy a very happy retirement
Neil chose to celebrate his retirement with a gift of $50,000 to create a new scholarship focused on undergraduate students: the Guppy Undergraduate Excellence in Sociology Fund.
Prof. Yue Qian and PhD student Manlin Cai publish new article “Gendered age preferences for potential partners: a mixed-methods study among online daters in Shanghai” in the Chinese Sociological Review
Prof. Qian’s and Cai’s mixed methods study situated in Shanghai delves into gendered age preferences in online dating, finding gender asymmetry in age preferences rooted in Chinese societal norms